Chesterfield

Chesterfield, town and borough (district), administrative and historic county of Derbyshire, England, at the junction of the Rivers Rother and Hipper. The borough comprises the town of Chesterfield and surrounding areas, including the town of Staveley. Archaeological excavations have confirmed the extent of Roman military and civil occupation near the Rother, and the Roman road from the south, Rykneld Street, bears a pre-Roman name. The ancient borough and market town received boosts to industrialization following...